Match List I with List II
| List I | List II | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Books | Authors | ||
| A. | India Wins Freedom | I. | R.K. Narayan |
| B. | The Guide | II. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| C. | India from Midnight to the Millennium | III. | Abul Kalam Azad |
| D. | Conquest of Self | IV. | Shashi Tharoor |
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A-III, B-I, C-IV, D-II
(A) India Wins Freedom — this matches (III) Abul Kalam Azad. It is Maulana Abul Kalam Azad’s own account of the freedom struggle and the Partition; he was Congress president and India’s first Education Minister, and the book came out in 1959.
(B) The Guide — this matches (I) R.K. Narayan. The 1958 novel is set in his imaginary town of Malgudi; it won the Sahitya Akademi Award and was made into the film Guide.
(C) India from Midnight to the Millennium — this matches (IV) Shashi Tharoor. Published in 1997, it looks at India’s first fifty years of independence.
(D) Conquest of Self — this matches (II) Mahatma Gandhi. It is a collection of Gandhi’s writings on self-control and self-discipline.